The Brown Fairy: Pivi and Kabo and Other Stories

Andrew Lang

11.2009 г. · Fiction Classics Книга 27 · Mind Melodies

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This book, contains 17 fascinating fairy tales. Coming from all quarters of the world, including Europe, Australia, India, Persia, Africa, the Island of New Caledonia and Brazil, the stories provide rich insight into the lives and cultures of different peoples. Narrated in clear, lively and easy to understand language, the tales are enriched with beautiful illustrations.

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Andrew Lang (1844-1912), a poet, novelist and literary critic, is best known as one of the important collectors of folk and fairy tales. Educated at St. Andrews University and Balliol College, Oxford, he soon made a reputation as one of the most versatile writers of the day. Besides his twelve books of fairies, Lang has to his credit a long list of books, the important being Custom and Myth, Myth, Ritual and Religion, Making of Religion, Social Origins, The Book of Dreams and Ghosts, and Magic and Religion.